ANYONE who listened attentively to former President Olusegun Obasanjo would think that the challenge Nigerian politicians faced was the absence of party manifestoes to guide their relations with the electorate.

THE Pan-Yoruba Socio-Political Group, Afenifere has advised candidates who lost in the October 20 governorship election in Ondo State to learn from the United States of America (USA)’s election and accept defeat in good faith.

Although successful macroeconomic stabilisation was necessary to restore economic growth, it was not sufficient.

THE Senate, yesterday, disclosed that Nigeria has the highest number of oil spill incidences among oil producing countries with no penalty regime attached to such oil spills.

KIDNAPPERS of Mrs. Marian Onoyume, wife of Vanguard correspondent in Rivers State, Mr. Jimitota Onoyume, have made a demand of N10 million ransom to release her.

Hopes for the creation of new states at the end of the ongoing review of the 1999 Constitution by the National Assembly were dashed yesterday.

The National Identity Management Commission, NIMC, has said that over 100 million Nigerians cannot be properly identified as citizens due to non availability of identification database in the country.

Gov. Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State, yesterday denied the involvement or existence of any Facebook account for his wife, Abimbola, the First Lady of the state.

Just ten months ago, four of the five members of the House of Representatives and all three senators from Bayelsa State were pitched in battle against one of their colleagues from the state.

PANDEMONIUM broke out in three communities in Warri, Delta State, in the early hours of yesterday, when residents saw a smoldering boat loaded with illegally refined diesel, allegedly set ablaze by Navy personnel, floating on the waters.